The Very Hungry Caterpillar [Board Book]

THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR

The book “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” is considered as one of the famous books written by Eric Carle. The story is surrounded by a caterpillar that eats lot of food since his birth. He eats too much. Later, after his recovery he turns into a cocoon and remains the same for the next two weeks. Afterwards, he transforms into a beautiful and colourful butterfly. The book The Very Hungry Caterpillar has very nice visuals from caterpillar to cocoon/pupa to butterfly.

The pictures have beautiful graphics widely appreciated by the readers and especially by the kids and children’s. The book has earned many children’s literature awards and a major graphic design award.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Eric Carle is acclaimed and beloved as the creator of brilliantly illustrated and innovatively designed picture books for very young children. His best-known work, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, has been translated into 70 languages and sold over 55 million copies. Carle illustrated more than seventy books. Many best sellers, most of which he also wrote. And more than 170 million copies of his books have sold around the world.

In 2003, Carle received the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award (now called the Children’s Literature Legacy Award) for lifetime achievement in children’s literature. In 2002, Eric and his wife, Barbara, cofounded The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art (www.carlemuseum.org) in Amherst, Massachusetts, a 40,000-square-foot space dedicated to the celebration of picture books and picture book illustrations from around the world, underscoring the cultural, historical, and artistic significance of picture books and their art form. Eric Carle passed away in May 2021 at the age of 91. His work remains an important influence on artists and illustrators at work today.

BOOK DETAILS.

Publisher: Penguin UK; Latest edition (14 October 2000)
Language: ‎English
Board book: ‎ 26 pages
ISBN-10: 0241003008
ISBN-13: 978-0241003008
Reading age: Customer suggested age: Baby – 3 years
Item Weight: 278 g
Dimensions: ‎ 12.6 x 1.4 x 17.8 cm